{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn56.32/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn56.32","id":"suttacentral_sn56.32","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.32/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, suppose someone were to say: \u2018Without truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.\u2019 That is not possible. It\u2019s as if someone were to say: \u2018I\u2019ll make a basket out of acacia leaves or pine needles or myrobalan leaves, and use it to carry water or ripe palmyra fruit.\u2019 That is not possible. In the same way, suppose someone were to say: \u2018Without truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.\u2019 That is not possible. But suppose someone were to say: \u2018After truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.\u2019 That is possible. It\u2019s as if someone were to say: \u2018I\u2019ll make a basket out of lotus leaves or flame-of-the-forest leaves or camel\u2019s foot creeper leaves, and use it to carry water or ripe palmyra fruit.\u2019 That is possible. In the same way, suppose someone were to say: \u2018After truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.\u2019 That is possible. That\u2019s why you should practice meditation \u2026\u201d","title":"Acacia Leaves","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":214}